Abstract
A geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase (GGPPS) gene from Capsicum annuum (bell pepper) was cloned. The nucleotide sequence shows that this gene, like the capsanthin/capsorubin gene but unlike the phytoene synthase gene from C. annuum, is not interrupted by an intron. Southern blot analysis of C. annuum genomic DNA suggests the presence of a single gene highly similar to the cDNA and also of additional related sequences. The present data suggest that this cloned gene is functional.
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Badillo, A., Steppuhn, J., Deruère, J. et al. Structure of a functional geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene from Capsicum annuum . Plant Mol Biol 27, 425–428 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00020196
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